Estimate cake solids production, polymer consumption, disposal requirements, and operating feasibility for mechanical sludge dewatering equipment.
Estimate dewatering performance and operating requirements from your sludge characteristics
Convert a volume of liquid sludge into the resulting dewatered cake — volume reduction, water removed, and transport saved.
Dry solids throughput = sludge flow × inlet solids × operating hours. Cake mass = DS / cake solids %.
Filtrate volume = inlet sludge volume minus cake volume. Recovery % accounts for solids lost to filtrate.
Polymer, disposal, and power costs are summed. Override consumption rates in Advanced to match your local service planning.
Switch between belt press, centrifuge, screw press, and filter press to compare cake solids and feasibility.
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Select the regulatory standard for your country — it sets which parameters we need for a compliance-aware process assessment.
Required parameters for the chosen standard are flagged on the sample form. You can still submit a partial set and we will advise what else to test.
Your sample is stored against your company so we can track the project. Provide a company name or email as a minimum.